It would all depend, the moment I feel the snake is not
comfortable, I would let it go.

So far, it has been a sweetie, No musk or any indication that it wants to bite. Very curious and alert, and so far it does not seem to mind living in a terrarium.

The best part of collecting local snakes, is I CAN release them.

Sometimes when I bring in one in the spring, I wind up with a gravid female, so far all babies have been released after 6-8 months of feeding and growing. (always rewarding to encounter a familiar animal in the wild)

And natures instinct is a powerful force, I have picked up snakes that I raised and would once eat from my hand and they would coil up and do the defensive striking motions while flattening out and rearing. life experience teaches them quickly.

Regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
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1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cane" Rescue
1.2.3 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids (30 plus released!)
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garters "spot" & "Zig"
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua" adult WC
0.1.0 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snake (Her children were raised & released)
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
1.0.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Growing fast!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
0.2.0. Feline"Felix"(R.I.P. 4/27/08) "Kaja" & "Silver"
2.1.0. calico RATS
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

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